to Antioch, spoke to the Greeks also and told them the Good News
concerning the Lord Jesus.
011:021 The power of the Lord was with them, and there were a vast
number who believed and turned to the Lord.
011:022 When tidings of this reached the ears of the Church in Jerusalem,
they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch.
011:023 On getting there he was delighted to see the grace which
God had bestowed; and he encouraged them all to remain,
with fixed resolve, faithful to the Lord.
011:024 For he was a good man, and was full of the Holy Spirit and of faith;
and the number of believers in the Lord greatly increased.
011:025 Then Barnabas paid a visit to Tarsus to try to find Saul.
011:026 He succeeded, and brought him to Antioch; and for a whole year
they attended the meetings of the Church, and taught a large
number of people. And it was in Antioch that the disciples
first received the name of `Christians.'
011:027 At that time certain Prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch,
011:028 one of whom, named Agabus, being instructed by the Spirit,
publicly predicted the speedy coming of a great famine
throughout the world. (It came in the reign of Claudius.)
011:029 So the disciples decided to send relief, every one in proportion
to his means, to the brethren living in Judaea.
011:030 This they did, forwarding their contributions to the Elders
by Barnabas and Saul.
012:001 Now, about that time, King Herod arrested certain members
of the Church, in order to ill-treat them;
012:002 and James, John's brother, he beheaded.
012:003 Finding that this gratified the Jews, he proceeded to seize
Peter also; these being the days of Unleavened Bread.
012:004 He had him arrested and lodged in jail, handing him over to